2006-11-19 06:55:25 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
The phosphate in the backbone is the same. The difference (other than uracil in RNA and thyamine in DNA) is the sugar group. RNA has ribose, while DNA has deoxyribose. Deoxyribose has one less hydroxyl group.
2006-11-19 08:17:58 · answer #1 · answered by leprechaun 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All dna and rna contain a sugar phosphate back bone. the difference is RNA is single stranded and DNA is double stranded in a helix design.
in MRNA (which is the RNA used to transfer the DNA code) the presense of uracil matches with Adenine. whereas in the DNA it is the presence of a substance that starts with T (I can grab the bio book later if you need the name of it.. ) that matches with adenine.
Sorry I do not remember the name of the amino acid but am familiar with the process of the central dogma.
2006-11-19 15:18:35 · answer #2 · answered by Mayor McKim 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There's no difference, man. Phosphate is the same phosphate whether it's attached to DNA, RNA, protein or sugar.
2006-11-19 16:18:49 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋